CVE-2007-5242

high

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in (1) SYS$EI1000.EXE and (2) SYS$EI1000_MON.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via an "oversize" packet, which is not properly discarded if "the device has no remaining buffers after receipt of the first buffer segment."

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3382

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25939

http://secunia.com/advisories/27084

http://osvdb.org/37813

http://osvdb.org/37812

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/583.html

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00632